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A list of {{Shout Out}}s in ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow''.

!!Season 1
* "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E3LostInCouchPatAThon Lost in Couch]]":
** Captain Quasar's ship is called the S.S. Super Minnow. On ''Series/GilligansIsland'', the characters would try to repair a ship called the S.S. Minnow to get off the island.
** When Quasar commands Pat-Tron to open the ship's doors, Pat-Tron replies, "[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey I'm sorry, Doug, I'm afraid I can't do that.]]"
** Patrick watches ''[[Series/BowlingForDollars Bowling for Clams]]'', [[TakeThat which he thinks is boring]]. [=GrandPat=] likes it, though.
* "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E3LostInCouchPatAThon Pat-a-thon]]":
** Squidward answering the {{Prank Call}}s is a homage to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': he covers the phone and loudly asks for the supposed person, and the others laugh at him, just like Moe's prank calls.
** Sandy strikes the [[StayingAliveDancePose iconic pose]] from ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' when using her dancing machine.
* "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E4TheYardSale The Yard Sale]]":
** One of the items at the Stars' GarageSale is a figurine of the rocket van from [[CompanyCrossReferences fellow Nickelodeon show]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Breadwinners}}''.
** A clothing store in the future is named Forever 87, referencing the clothing store Forever 21.
** Mr. Krabs' prospector ancestor has [[Creator/MarcelMarceau a mime named Marcel.]]
** The prospector is last heard yelling "Hello? [[Film/HowTheWestWasWon Has the West been won yet?]]"
* "Squidina's Little Helper" has Squidina activate a "slapstick lever" that performs a ''Series/TheThreeStooges'' routine with Patrick.
* "I Smell a Pat":
** Patrick hosts ''[[Series/{{Masterpiece}} Pat-sterpiece Theater]]''. The book he chooses to read is ''[[Series/DowntonAbbey Downtown Patty]]''.
** One of the noses that Squidina gives Patrick is "the Durante". Patrick imitates Creator/JimmyDurante's catchphrase after putting it on.
* "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E7TheHauntingOfStarHouseWhosABigBoy The Haunting of Star House]]": Both [=GrandPat=] and Cecil yell "You owe me restitution!", a line from Sally in ''WesternAnimation/ItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown'' after she realizes she waited all night in the pumpkin patch for nothing.
* "Terror at 20,000 Leagues":
** Bunny's Halloween costume is "[[Literature/TheInvisibleMan the Invisible Mom]]", portrayed by her hanging her clothes on a fishing line as she hides naked around the corner.
** The alien bursting through Pat-Tron's chest is a homage to ''Film/{{Alien}}''.
** Patrick leans out of Plankenstein's TV, referencing the SignatureScene in ''Film/TheRing''.
** A montage shows Patrick on ''Series/TheJoyOfPainting'', complete with him dressing like Creator/BobRoss.
* "To Dad and Back": Silly, Confused, and Hungry, three of the emotion people running Cecil's brain, do a slapstick routine taken from ''Series/TheThreeStooges''.
* "Survivoring": The episode's name and plot reference Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''Series/{{Survivor}}'', another reality show about survival skills in the wilderness.
* "Patrick's Alley":
** Patrick's opening song is a reference to ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood''.
** Patrick does ''Ouchie's Hints'', a parody of ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'', and even dresses like Steve, the original host of the show.
** Patrick does a lesson on manners with a puppet in a homage to ''Series/SesameStreet''.
** [=GrandPat's=] face appearing in the Sun as he rhymes about the babies appearing is a reference to ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}''.
* "X Marks the Pot":
** Some of Man Ray's alternate costumes are based on other superheroes.
** Man Ray's lair includes a cake labeled "#40". [[Literature/TheSuperdictionary Man Ray took forty cakes. He took 40 cakes. That's as many as four tens.]] AndThatsTerrible.
* "Mid-Season Finale":
** The episode is a WholePlotReference to ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'', featuring characters popping out of a wall and telling jokes and a poetry reading, among other things.
** [=GrandPat=] and Granny Tentacles heckle from a balcony seat, imitating Statler and Waldorf from ''Series/TheMuppetShow''.
** ''That's Tinkle'' is a homage to ''Series/{{Lassie}}''. It's a OneJokeFakeShow about [[TimmyInAWell Tinkle tricking people into thinking someone fell in a well]], then biting them.
** The Indian-head test pattern is recreated with Patrick's head instead.
** The episode ends on a surf rock song playing as Patrick and Squidina ride through previous parts of the episode to look for where they put the ending. The song is a soundalike of the theme song to ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou''.
* "Shrinking Stars": When the family visits Shmandor, they are seen dressed like WesternAnimation/{{the Jetsons}}.
* "FitzPatrick": [[EvilTwin FitzPatrick]] pranks the audience by telling them to look at what he left under their seats. Usually, when Creator/OprahWinfrey does this, it's a gift; but with [=FitzPatrick=] being a CardCarryingVillain, it's jellyfish that shock the audience instead.
* "Uncredible Journey":
** The episode's title and plot, of pets traveling back to reach their home, are references to ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney''.
** The store Trader Barg'n's is has a similar name to, and resembles, a Trader Joe's.
* "Backpay Payback": Two of Squidward's ancestors are Tentacles the Hun and Tentaclees the Serpent Slayer, being based on UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun and WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}, respectively.
* "House Hunting":
** The episode opens with a cartoon set in "Hamdonia", with an intentional {{Retraux}} aesthetic bringing 30s cartoons to mind. In particular, much of the setting is a parody of ''WesternAnimation/TheCookieCarnival''.
** While brushing his teeth as the house shakes, [=GrandPat=] ends up with a toothpaste hairdo that resembles Music/ElvisPresley.
** Patrick makes a face similar to Rat Fink when driving his studiomobile.
* "The Patterfly Effect" has Patrick getting a similar haircut and mustache to UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein when he graduates college.
* "The Prehistoric Patrick Star Show" has a cell version of [=GrandPat=] eating other cells in a maze that resembles the one seen in ''VideoGame/PacMan''.
* "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E22DadsStacheStashARootGaloot Dad's Stache Stash]]":
** One of the staches in Cecil's stache stash is [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi's]], labeled "Plumber".
** Patrick wears UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt's mustache. He promptly holds up a big stick and uses it to smash the room.
** Patrick wears a surrealist mustache resembling Salvador Dali's, which turns him into a [[Art/ThePersistenceOfMemory melting clock]].
* "The Starry Awards": The 2D puppets that Plankenstein and his crew turn into are animated in a similar style to ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
* "Stuntin'": Patrick and [=GrandPat=] do motorcycle stunts in a similar outfit to UsefulNotes/EvelKnievel.
* "Which Witch is Which?": Agnes is modeled after Endora from ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''. Much like Endora, Agnes also dislikes her daughter's husband and [[MaliciousMisnaming repeatedly gets his name wrong]].
* "Bubble Bass Reviews":
** The episode opens with Bubble Bass in an outfit similar to WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic.
** Bubble Bass has a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony My Tiny Seahorse]] doll.

!!Season 2
* "The Patrick Show Cashes In": Patrick's "Oopsie Doodle!! Just Prizes" cereal is a reference to the Advertising/CapnCrunch "Oops! All Berries" cereal.
* "The Star Games": Patrick is offered the choice between "door number one and door number two" while running away, much like how contestants earn prizes on ''Series/LetsMakeADeal''.
* "Super Stars": The Super Stars' introduction references the opening to ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends''.
* "Now Museum, Now You Don't": The episode is ''loaded'' with parodies of paintings and famous works of art.
** Patrick hides in the diner pictured in ''Nighthawks''.
** Cecil wipes the paint off the ''Marilyn Diptych''.
** Patrick goes into ''Art/ThePersistenceOfMemory'', where all the clocks are instead melting pieces of pizza.
** In a reference to ''The Birth of Venus'', Patrick pushes Venus out of her clamshell and hides inside.
** Patrick imitates the ''Son of Man'' painting.
** Cecil holds up a globe like ''Atlas''.
** The way Lady Upturn falls after being thrown off the stairs is a reference to ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner''.
** A sign reading "Security Breach" flashes after Patrick breaks into the museum. WordOfGod from the episode's writer confirms this was a reference to ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach''.
* "10 & 1 Toilets" is a WholePlotReference to ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', with [=GrandPat=] playing the role of Cruella.
* "Family Plotz" shows that the story of Goldilocks was actually about [=GrandPat=].
* "The Wrath of Shmandor":
** A logo for ''The Shmandorians'' appears, similar to the opening title of ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''.
** The Shmandorain sergeant says "[[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} War... war never changes!]]"
* "There Goes the Neighborhood" is a reference to ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood''. Patrick dresses up as Mr. Rogers and sings a song, even using little puppets to portray him and Squidina going around the neighborhood.
* "Dr. Smart Science":
** The opening with Patrick's head on a TV, spinning through space, is a reference to the opening theme for ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy''.
** Patrick's X-ray of his stomach has a cupcake with a lit candle. In the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short ''WesternAnimation/PatientPorky'', a character sees an entire cake with lit candles in his stomach the same way. [[https://twitter.com/duck_twacy/status/1726280591136698533 This was an intentional reference]] per WordOfGod.
** On the chalkboard that the plant is writing on is an [[Art/ThePersistenceOfMemory image of a melting clock]].
** Patrick is dressed like Creator/CarlSagan when he talks about space.
* "Big Baby Patrick" has a ''Baby Stars'' theme song that references the ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' opening theme.

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